Useful for explaining how repeal succeeded; the constitutional text and state ratification records can verify procedural detail.
The institutional design of ratification was part of the repeal coalition's strategy, not a neutral procedural afterthought.
Pegram shows that repeal advocates used specially elected state conventions rather than state legislatures, reducing exposure to entrenched dry legislative districts and creating a direct electoral mechanism for ratifying the Twenty-First Amendment.
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Myth 7 — The Twenty-First Amendment and state conventions
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